Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHERIFFHALL | Mr P Galloway Letter Carrier Millar Haugh Mr John Young Sheriffhall | 007 | A dwelling house with offices and a garden attached and pleasantly situated on a mound or small hill, it is traditionally said to have been the head quarters of an army who were encamped in the neighbourhood and by some old people said to have been a Roman Military Station. | |
| THE KAIM | Mr P Galloway Letter Carrier Millar Haugh Mr John Young Sheriffhall | 007 | A high ridge of zig zag form which appears to have been artificial; commencing at Sheriffhall and extending northward to Campend along the old road from Dalkeith to Edinr [Edinburgh] from Campend it takes a bend to the right till it ends near Newton Church. it is supposed to be a part of an extensive Roman Camp and it is said to have extended from Sheriffhall to Inveresk |
Continued entries/extra info
Names collected by J McDiarmid C.A.
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Plan 7.C Trace No. 2
A tradition among the old inhabitants in the neighbourhood
Transcriber's notes
Note added to The Kaim under the column "authority for spelling" - transcribed in continued entries
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 20 - Parishes of Liberton, Dalkeith, Lasswade, Newton, Cockpen and Newbattle, OS1/11/20
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Liberton, Dalkeith, Lasswade, Newton, Cockpen, and Newbattle.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.